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Russia is reducing the use of the dollar in reserves and external settlements and is switching to non-Western capital markets, and taking other measures in the face of sanctions. Dmitry Birichevsky, Director of the Department of Economic Cooperation of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told RIA Novosti about this. Moscow is working to provide reliable and secure channels for the transmission of financ...

The regime of silence will be in effect from 10:00 (Moscow time) on March 9 in Kiev, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkov and Mariupol. Russiaalso offered Ukraine up to 3:00 (UTC) Wednesday Agree to open humanitarian corridors in the respective cities ※ From 10:00 (Moscow time) on March 9, the Russian side will announce a silence regime to ensure the operation of humanitarian corridors from Kyiv, Chernihiv, S...

as security guarantors, Turkey and neighboring states of Ukraine.The need for such a document is caused by NATO's refusal to accept Ukraine into its membership in the near future. Ukraine needs a "concrete treaty" to help ensure its security, the ruling Servant of the People party said. This document should differ from the Budapest Memorandum and provide for "concrete political, economic and milit...

Binance will stop operations with cards of these payment systems issued in Russia from March 9th.Some exchanges blocked the accounts of Russians or closed their access Crypto exchange Binance will stop conducting transactions with Russian-issued Mastercard and Visa cards from March 9, the company said in a statement. “From Wednesday March 9, 2......

The measures proposed by the government include assistance to small and medium-sized businesses, changes in the circulation and production of medical goods,as well as changes in the indexation of pensions and the calculation of the minimum wage and the living wage Vladimir Putin President Vladimir Putin signed a law providing for support measures in the economic and social sphere in order to stabi...

The ban includes imports of oil, liquefied natural gas and coal.Washington may announce restrictions today BRENT BRENT$96.79 -6,53% The price of May futures for Brent crude on the London ICE exchange rose by 4.7% to $130.34 per barrel as of 16:44 Moscow time. Futures for WTI oil are up 4.2% to $126, according to trading data. Commodity quotes went up sharply after Bloomberg reported that the Joe B...

Depositphotos and VistaCreate have closed access to services for clients from Russia and Belarus.They promised to return the funds for prepaid subscriptions after the end of the sanctions International photobank Depositphotos and graphic design program VistaCreate closed sales in Russia and Belarus. This is reported in company blogs. In addition, Depositphotos and VistaCreate have restricted acces...

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a special operation to "demilitarize" and "denazify" Ukraine. What happens on the 85th day of the operation, as well as all the most important things about sanctions and other consequences of hostilities. New first New first Old to new 17:54 The military-civilian administration of the Kherson region, which has been occupied by...

In a few days since the recognition of the independence of the DPR and LPR and the start of a military special operation in Ukraine, Russia has become the leading country in terms of the number of sanctions imposed against it. Bloomberg writes about this with reference to the Castellum.AI database platform. According to her, now the number of sanctioned objects exceeds 553......

20 Russians and 12 citizens of Belarus were subject to restrictions. Japan also imposed a ban on the export of oil refining equipment to Russia. The Japanese Foreign Ministry has imposed sanctions on 20 Russian citizens, we are talking about freezing assets, according to the agency's website. In addition, Tokyo banned the export of oil refining equipment to Russia. The restrictions affected offici...

The new package of sanctions also includes restrictions on Vladimir Solovyov and Margarita Simonyan Konstantin Ernst Canada has introduced a new package of sanctions against Russia, according to the website of the country's government. Restrictive measures affected: officials, politicians, deputies: press secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov; Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev; Minister ...

Anex Tour has suspended flights abroad, as there is a risk of aircraft arrest.After the introduction of Western sanctions, leasing companies began to withdraw aircraft from Russian air carriers The tour operator Anex Tour, on the recommendation of the Federal Air Transport Agency, has suspended transportation to foreign countries, the head of the Federal Tourism Agency Zarina Doguzova said on her ...

The Russian national team has been suspended from international tournaments by decision of FIFA and UEFA. According to Interia Sport, FIFA is considering the option of postponing the play-off between the national teams of Russia and Poland in the 2022 World Cup qualifying tournament to June, according to the Polish portal Interia Sport. It is noted that FIFA may also postpone the play-offs for Jun...

Died in the last 24 hours from coronavirus, according to the operational headquarters,671 people Over the past day, 73,162 new cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in Russia, the operational headquarters for combating the pandemic said. According to the headquarters, 3,804 people were hospitalized, which is 53.8% less compared to March 6, when 8,242 people turned to hospitals. During ...

Dmitry Teplov, Chairman of the Perm Regional Branch of Delovaya Rossiya, told RBC Perm about the business support measures taken in Russia today. The initiative to take support measures initially arose from public organizations. “As soon as it became known that the situation was becoming serious, meetings were held in Russia at the level of public organizations. Delovaya Rossiya, Russian Chamber o...

Valentina Tereshkova.AP Photo March 6, Minsk. The world's first female cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Valentina Tereshkova celebrates her 85th birthday today. Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova was born in 1937 in the village of Bolshoe Maslennikovo, Yaroslavl Region, in a family of immigrants from Belarus. Valentina Tereshkova's father died in the Soviet-Finnish war, and her mother, Elena Fed...

The measures proposed by the British Prime Minister include support for Ukraine in the humanitarian and defense spheres. Russiapreviously promised to respond with "tough measures" to the "sanctions hysteria" in London British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged other leaders to join his six-point plan to respond to Russia's "invasion" of Ukraine, ranging from humanitarian support for Ukraine to...

It is forbidden to establish any business relationship and conduct transactions with them. Singapore also imposed export restrictions on Russia, Singapore imposes sanctions against Russia because of its military operation in Ukraine, according to the website of the Singapore Foreign Ministry. Banks VTB, VEB.RF, Promsvyazbank and Rossiya Bank were subject to restrictions. Singaporean companies cann...

Clients of large credit institutions began to open Mir cards more often. Demand has risen against the backdrop of Western sanctions, Large Russian banks have recorded an increase in the issuance of Mir national payment cards since February 24 against the backdrop of the imposition of sanctions against Russian banks. This was told to RBC by representatives of VTB, Gazprombank, Alfa-Bank, MKB and Ro...

Weekends on the Moscow Exchange and St. Petersburg Exchange. Top 10 rates on deposits and savings accounts. Fitch downgraded the ratings of 26 commodity companies and 32 Russian banks. notable events, How Russian exchanges work in the coming days The Moscow Exchange will not trade in all sections on March 5, 7 and 8, the trading floor announced on its website. March 6 is a national holiday. SPB Ex...

European broker Exante and American Interactive Brokers have warned about restrictions for Russian residents due to sanctions. Problems arise with the withdrawal of funds, Russian clients of foreign brokers - European Exante and American Interactive Brokers - faced service problems, RBC learned. Restrictions may apply to the withdrawal of assets and the processing of transactions with securities. ...

The World Bank will provide Ukraine with a loan of almost $500 million, and preparations have also begun for issuing an additional $200 million, according to the press service of the bank, following a conversation between World Bank Group President David Malpass and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. On March 4, the World Bank presented to the Board of Directors an additional loan for Ukraine ca...

Ten people were subject to restrictions, who exactly is not specified. Ottawa also added Mishustin, Medvedev, Sobyanin and Beglov to the sanctions list. The Canadian authorities are imposing sanctions on ten key employees of the Gazprom and Rosneft companies, the country's Foreign Ministry reports. Who exactly fell under the restrictions, is not specified. These measures are designed to put additi...

The measure will also affect VTB. Earlier, the Japanese authorities announced the freezing of VEB's assets, Japan, within the framework of sanctions against Russia because of the military operation in Ukraine, will freeze the assets of four Russian banks. This was announced by Finance Minister Shun'ichi Suzuki, reports NHK. The restrictions will also affect VTB. The names of other financial organi...

Cars, smartphones and household appliances can be delivered to Russia upon receipt of the appropriate license and on the condition thatthat these goods will not fall into the hands of the military US sanctions against Russia due to a military special operation in Ukraine do not apply to cars, smartphones and household appliances made in South Korea. This was stated by the Ministry of Commerce of t...

from SWIFT Russian banks that previously fell under Western sanctions are disconnected from SWIFT.The ban comes into force on March 12 From March 12, the European Union will disconnect Russian banks VTB, Rossiya, Otkritie, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank, Sovcombank and VEB.RF from the SWIFT system. This is reported in the official journal of EU documents. “From March 12, 2......

The grain trade disruption is expected to continue and it will become a major problem for farmers across Europe. There is not enough grain in Europe to feed the animals kept on farms, and as the crisis over Ukraine tends to escalate, an intermediary supplier will not be found anytime soon. The Ukrainian crisis will have serious side effects that could be "painful" for European farmers and the wide...

A bill aimed at creating a special regulation of the circulation of livestock by-products was submitted to the State Duma by senators and deputies headed by Alexei Gordeev (United Russia). The draft federal law has been developed as a separate industry document that establishes and regulates the entire chain of circulation of animal by-products, namely, their storage, transportation, processing (p...

Companies are asked not to impose sanctionson uranium imports to keep electricity prices from rising. The White House said they would listen to the opinions of companies U.S. nuclear power companies are trying to influence the U.S. authorities to avoid imposing sanctions on uranium imports from Russia in order to avoid rising electricity prices , Reuters writes, citing sources. “[US nuclear power]...

Staying in these countries "may carry the risks of a timely and safe return to Russia," said the head of the agency. The head of the agency advises to rest in countries such as Turkey, Egypt, Chinaor Vietnam Rostourism advises Russians to refrain from traveling to those countries that have imposed sanctions on Russia, according to a report received by RBC. “In connection with the current situation...